CHAPTER 04

Alpha Riley

I wrapped my hands around her neck and felt her throat clenching over my palm. Her small feet wriggle above the ground as her eyelashes moist from the incapacity to breathe the air that she needs to live.

My throat felt dry as I saw her in this state. I growl thinking about something and before I knew it; she passed out right into my arms.

My chuckles echo around the barn house as I carry her small body inside. As part of the Tri-Alpha, we should have discipline over our actions. A persistence in our discipline and decisions. But clearly, I haven’t thought enough when I accept her pleadings.

That sultry voice is the reason why I never had the time to think about all of this. One moment, I was clashing my lips with hers, another moment I am hearing her pleading for something that I am willing to give.

It took her two hours to get up from the wood bench that is inside this barn. This used to be mine before I left for the Tri-Alpha mansion. The walls are made of wood that I actually assembled all by myself. There is nothing in this barn, just a bench and a bed that is dirty and rugged.

“Well, I passed out,” she chuckles to herself as soon as she realized what had happened. I nodded and cocky grinned at her for what happened.

Her passing out only means that I am right about her.

She’s weak and incapable of receiving my training. And that only makes her life mine. That’s the deal that we’ve made yesterday.

Once I proved that she’s incapable of receiving my training, she will end her life with her own hands. I will consume every courage inside of her head and drop her into hell.

I took a step and close the distance between us. My hand automatically grips her chin and tilts her head so she can meet my gaze.

“You know what to do, right?”

The determination in her eyes washes over the fear that she should have. I put the pistol in her hands and assist her hand into the side of her head.

Our deal is for her to take her own life using my pistol. And this is her end of the deal.

She trembles as she controls the pistol in her head. I can feel her body trembling out of fear, hesitation, and all the things that are going on around her head.

But what amuses me is that no words are coming out of her pretty mouth. No begging and asking for a second chance. I stand and watch her, gesturing my hand for her to pull the trigger. The space between us made it possible for me to see her trembling and in my mercy.

“Kill yourself, lady,” I muttered and challenge her.

That’s right, Alpha Riley. You are doing the right thing.

She had the audacity to scoff before I saw her pull the trigger. Damn, man. She didn’t even close her eyes and just pull the trigger, expecting her life to end.

That thought almost makes me want her. I grinned when shock was registered on her face. The amount of bewilderment cannot compare to what I have in return for her pleading.

I’ve made up my mind. Clearly, someone like her is my weakness and I intend to have none. I intend to use her to fill the void and build the strength that I need.

“ You passed,” I chuckle as the relief never passes over her face. It’s like she’s ready to die today, and that’s what makes it exciting.

Her readiness to live is like a fresh of breath air in my life. She looked at me as I stripped the metal pistol out of her hands and drag a wooden chair in front of her. The sounds only made her squint her eyes a little.

She still cannot believe that she’s alive. “ P-Passed?” she asked, and I simply nodded.

Her stuttering only makes it enjoyable for me. Gone is the determination. It sounded like her calculation is wrong and I love that I’ve ruined it for her.

“You’ll get trained by me in return y'ou’ll help me with some things,” I replied. My hands are busy wiping her marks across my pistol.

Alpha King will know for sure, but he will not know that it’s a woman. We’ve talked about it and we needed someone who will do some work for us. This woman is intelligent, but she’s weak in her physical attribute.

My gaze landed on her body and I licked my lower lip for the things that I have for her.

“Every night, you’ll meet me here and we’ll do your training.”

Silence.

Again, she didn’t say anything enough to make me angle my head to see the hesitation in her eyes. Scared now, lady? I mentally laugh to myself as I observe her chest rising up and down and the sweats forming at the side of her head.

She looks trembling at the thought of meeting me here every night. What’s her deal? I thought she wants to be trained by me.

“Y-You’re not asking for my body, right?” she asked in a shaky voice.

If before, she’s making me amused. Right now, I’m more than amused as I can be. I looked at her body and saw how she pull her thighs closer and edged away from me.

I smirked at her. “Is that what you want?” 

Her eyes cannot focus as she looks sideways. I am only patiently waiting for her response as I saw her looking oblique in my direction.

My chuckles are attempting to burst out of my mouth, watching her reaction. But then, I cannot seem to be more amused when I saw her nodding her head.

That caught me off-guard too as I erupted into laughter that I’ve been holding for too long. Her face contorts as she heard me laugh.

It took me a minute to be satisfied only to meet her intense glare. Oh, lady, we’ll work on that.

“ You will fill the job of beta, but since you’re clearly not qualified for it, I assume you want to call it an apprenticeship?” I mocked, insulting all of her.

Right. Apprenticeship.

“But you don't know me,” she muttered.

I raised my brows and looked at her confused face. “Then tell me your name,” I replied.

“ C-Chandrel.”

Fuck, Chandrel. I only wonder how her name will sound if I moan it right now.